Unity Stoakes

President & Co-founder @ StartUp Health

Video

Oct 14, 2026

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1 min read

A Weather Forecast for Your Blood Sugar

Casey Halpern, MD, Founder & Chairman of SynchNeuro, on why the brain is the most powerful glucose monitor we’ve never used – and why the signal was there all along.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Video

Democratizing Precision: A Sensor Pioneer’s Mission to Transform Brain Health & Sports Medicine

Oct 5, 2026

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2 min read

Democratizing Precision: A Sensor Pioneer’s Mission to Transform Brain Health & Sports Medicine

In this deep dive interview, Unity Stoakes sits down with MEI Micro CEO & Founder Louis Ross – a former investment strategist turned health innovator – to hear how his team built the world’s first navigation-grade, chip-scale accelerometer.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Thought Leadership

Bob Kocher of Venrock: Where Founders Should (and Shouldn't) Build in the Age of AI

Sep 17, 2026

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1 min read

Bob Kocher of Venrock: Where Founders Should (and Shouldn't) Build in the Age of AI

Venrock partner and physician Bob Kocher sits down with Unity Stoakes and a room full of StartUp Health members to share why AI will improve healthcare without making it cheaper, where he sees real opportunity, and the one thing he looks for in a founder before anything else.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Thought Leadership

Inside a 50-Year-Old VC Firm's Bet on Health AI, With Menlo Ventures' Greg Yap and Unity Stoakes

Aug 26, 2026

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1 min read

Inside a 50-Year-Old VC Firm's Bet on Health AI, With Menlo Ventures' Greg Yap and Unity Stoakes

Menlo Ventures Partner Greg Yap on why team beats product as the real moat in health AI and what it takes to get funded right now.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Thought Leadership

Microsoft's AI ecosystem lead on the real moat in health AI

Aug 7, 2026

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1 min read

Microsoft's AI ecosystem lead on the real moat in health AI

Microsoft VP Kimmi Grewal joins Unity Stoakes to unpack why workflow and data – not the model – are the real differentiator for health AI startups.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Thought Leadership

Why General Catalyst is betting on healthcare transformation

Jul 23, 2026

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2 min read

Why General Catalyst is betting on healthcare transformation

General Catalyst manages more than $40B across AI, global resilience, and health assurance – and its boldest healthcare move yet was buying Summa Health outright. In this interactive members-only chat, Holly Maloney, who leads GC's health assurance investing practice, tells Unity Stoakes why partnership beats building around incumbents, how AI is finally reaching the point of care, and what she's listening for from founders at the seed stage.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

Access TeleCare brings the specialist to the patient – keeping community hospitals open

Jun 18, 2026

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1 min read

Access TeleCare brings the specialist to the patient – keeping community hospitals open

A Health Moonshot Update with CEO Josh DeTillio on building the virtual hospital model that's proving its worth across all 50 states

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Women’s Health Moonshot

Building women's health from the inside out: Fireside Chat highlights with Jill Angelo of Oura

Jun 11, 2026

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1 min read

Building women's health from the inside out: Fireside Chat highlights with Jill Angelo of Oura

A curated look at key insights from our live member fireside chat with Oura's VP of Women's Health and Commercial Partnerships.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Video

CMS Pays for Outcomes, Not Just Services | Fireside Chat with Abe Sutton, CMS Deputy Administrator

May 18, 2026

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2 min read

CMS Pays for Outcomes, Not Just Services | Fireside Chat with Abe Sutton, CMS Deputy Administrator

The federal government is sending a clear signal to health tech founders: if your business is built on delivering better clinical outcomes, there has never been a more direct path into Medicare.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Blog

Why Every Health Innovator Needs to Add a Podcast

May 5, 2026

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4 min read

Why Every Health Innovator Needs to Add a Podcast

StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes sat down with Dan Kendall, founder of Mission Based Media and the Health Podcast Library, for a conversation about the power of audio storytelling in health innovation, and why the moment to start is now.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Video

Why Alzheimer's Diagnosis Takes 3.5 Years – And How a Simple Blood Test Could Change That

Apr 23, 2026

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1 min read

Why Alzheimer's Diagnosis Takes 3.5 Years – And How a Simple Blood Test Could Change That

Cx Precision Medicine CEO Danguole Altman explains how a blood-based triage tool for primary care could compress the neurodegenerative disease diagnostic journey and unlock earlier, more effective intervention.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Rethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook

Apr 10, 2026

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1 min read

Rethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook

One of healthcare's most influential investors sits down with the StartUp Health community to challenge conventional startup wisdom, make the case for infinite healthcare, and explain why the rules that governed digital health company building no longer apply.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Alzheimer’s & Brain Health Moonshot

The New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform

Apr 7, 2026

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1 min read

The New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform

From FDA Breakthrough Designation to a partnership with Siemens, Imaginostics is moving fast, and this conversation explains exactly why their technology has no comparable alternative on the market.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Food as Medicine Health Moonshot

Kim Fisher on Why Food as Medicine Is at a Tipping Point — And What It Will Take to Get There

Mar 31, 2026

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1 min read

Kim Fisher on Why Food as Medicine Is at a Tipping Point — And What It Will Take to Get There

From personal diagnosis to pioneering research to a brand-new angel network, Kim Fisher traces the full arc of food and health innovation and makes the case for why founders and investors need to pay attention right now.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Video

The Food as Medicine Wave Is Here. Kim Fisher Is Ready.

Mar 30, 2026

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2 min read

The Food as Medicine Wave Is Here. Kim Fisher Is Ready.

Entrepreneur, investor, and UC Davis innovator Kim Fisher on why the stars are finally aligning for food and health — and what founders need to do right now.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

How cliexa Provides the Clinical Reasoning Engine Powering the Next Wave of Healthcare AI

Mar 27, 2026

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3 min read

How cliexa Provides the Clinical Reasoning Engine Powering the Next Wave of Healthcare AI

StartUp Health community member Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa joins Unity Stoakes to explain why AI scribes are just the beginning, and how clinical reasoning is the missing layer every health system needs right now.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

From Record to Reason: Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa on Building the Brain Behind Healthcare AI

Mar 27, 2026

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1 min read

From Record to Reason: Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa on Building the Brain Behind Healthcare AI

Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa joins Unity Stoakes to make the case that AI scribes are solving the wrong problem, and to explain what clinical reasoning actually looks like when it is running in the background of real patient care.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

“We Really Appreciate All of the Support” - Dr. Ian Madom’s Health Transformer Experience

Mar 18, 2026

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2 min read

“We Really Appreciate All of the Support” - Dr. Ian Madom’s Health Transformer Experience

Dr. Ian Madom of Mocingbird shares how the StartUp Health community has supported the company’s journey to reduce administrative burden for clinicians and expand access to care.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Food as Medicine Health Moonshot

Food as Medicine x AI: Two Pioneering Founders on the Future of Personalized Nutrition

Mar 13, 2026

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3 min read

Food as Medicine x AI: Two Pioneering Founders on the Future of Personalized Nutrition

Epicured’s Richard Bennett and Edamam’s Victor Penev explore why food is becoming a core part of care, how reimbursement and consumer demand are accelerating the movement, and where AI fits into the future of personalized nutrition.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

Reducing Licensing Friction to Unlock Clinician Capacity with Dr. Ian Madom, CEO & Co-founder of Mocingbird

Mar 5, 2026

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3 min read

Reducing Licensing Friction to Unlock Clinician Capacity with Dr. Ian Madom, CEO & Co-founder of Mocingbird

Ian Madom, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and co-founder of Mocingbird, sits down with Unity Stoakes to discuss how fixing licensing and compliance friction can expand access to care across the U.S.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

Mocingbird: How Dr. Ian Madom Is Reducing Licensing Friction to Expand Clinical Care

Mar 4, 2026

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1 min read

Mocingbird: How Dr. Ian Madom Is Reducing Licensing Friction to Expand Clinical Care

Ian Madom, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon and co-founder of Mocingbird, explains how simplifying licensing and compliance helps clinicians spend more time with patients and helps health systems scale access across state lines.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

EqualityMD’s Pre-Insurance Strategy to Reduce Care Avoidance and Lower Healthcare Costs

Feb 24, 2026

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3 min read

EqualityMD’s Pre-Insurance Strategy to Reduce Care Avoidance and Lower Healthcare Costs

Justin Ayars of EqualityMD shares how a pre-insurance healthcare model can prevent claims, lower costs, and reduce care avoidance for employers and employees.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

Affordable, Inclusive, Insurance-Free: Inside EqualityMD’s Next Chapter

Feb 24, 2026

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2 min read

Affordable, Inclusive, Insurance-Free: Inside EqualityMD’s Next Chapter

StartUp Health community member Justin Ayars of EqualityMD shares how the company is evolving into a pre-insurance healthcare solution designed to reduce costs, prevent insurance claims, and rebuild trust in healthcare.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

Sana Health Clears a Major Milestone in the Fight Against Chronic Pain

Feb 20, 2026

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3 min read

Sana Health Clears a Major Milestone in the Fight Against Chronic Pain

In this Health Moonshot Update, Richard Hanbury of Sana Health reflects on decades of neuromodulation research, global clinical progress, and PTSD studies with the DoD. An FDA De Novo grant for neuropathic pain followed shortly after this conversation was recorded.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Access to Care Moonshot

Sana Health Advances Toward Global Scale in Pain and PTSD Care

Feb 19, 2026

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3 min read

Sana Health Advances Toward Global Scale in Pain and PTSD Care

In this Health Moonshot Update, Unity Stoakes sits down with StartUp Health community member Richard Hanbury of Sana Health just prior to a major regulatory milestone: an FDA De Novo grant for neuropathic pain, creating a new class of audio-visual neuromodulation. Hanbury shares the decades-long journey behind Sana Health’s science, why neuropathic pain is the strategic wedge for broader mental health adoption, and how pivotal data showed a 78% reduction in gabapentinoid use in the active group. The conversation also explores Sana’s growing PTSD research with the US Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs, expanding studies in Israel, and why multimodal care is essential to the future of scalable pain and mental healthcare.

Nicole Kinsey, +1

Unity Stoakes

A Weather Forecast for Your Blood Sugar

Democratizing Precision: A Sensor Pioneer’s Mission to Transform Brain Health & Sports Medicine

Bob Kocher of Venrock: Where Founders Should (and Shouldn't) Build in the Age of AI

Inside a 50-Year-Old VC Firm's Bet on Health AI, With Menlo Ventures' Greg Yap and Unity Stoakes

Microsoft's AI ecosystem lead on the real moat in health AI

Why General Catalyst is betting on healthcare transformation

Access TeleCare brings the specialist to the patient – keeping community hospitals open

Building women's health from the inside out: Fireside Chat highlights with Jill Angelo of Oura

CMS Pays for Outcomes, Not Just Services | Fireside Chat with Abe Sutton, CMS Deputy Administrator

Why Every Health Innovator Needs to Add a Podcast

Why Alzheimer's Diagnosis Takes 3.5 Years – And How a Simple Blood Test Could Change That

Rethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook

The New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform

Kim Fisher on Why Food as Medicine Is at a Tipping Point — And What It Will Take to Get There

The Food as Medicine Wave Is Here. Kim Fisher Is Ready.

How cliexa Provides the Clinical Reasoning Engine Powering the Next Wave of Healthcare AI

From Record to Reason: Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa on Building the Brain Behind Healthcare AI

“We Really Appreciate All of the Support” - Dr. Ian Madom’s Health Transformer Experience

Food as Medicine x AI: Two Pioneering Founders on the Future of Personalized Nutrition

Reducing Licensing Friction to Unlock Clinician Capacity with Dr. Ian Madom, CEO & Co-founder of Mocingbird

Mocingbird: How Dr. Ian Madom Is Reducing Licensing Friction to Expand Clinical Care

EqualityMD’s Pre-Insurance Strategy to Reduce Care Avoidance and Lower Healthcare Costs

Affordable, Inclusive, Insurance-Free: Inside EqualityMD’s Next Chapter

Sana Health Clears a Major Milestone in the Fight Against Chronic Pain

Sana Health Advances Toward Global Scale in Pain and PTSD Care

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